Gulnara Shafigullina - R. Strauss - Morgen! op.24 N 4.

Piano - Peter Nilsson
Morgen ("Tomorrow"), Op. 27 No. 4, is the final piece in a collection of four Lieder written by Richard Strauss in 1894. The complete set of four Lieder, Op. 27, served as a wedding gift from the composer to his wife, Pauline Strauss-De Ahna. And the title itself is inspired by the poem of the same name written by poet John Henry Mackay, which appears to foreshadow the happiness of their approaching union. With such joyous auspices, Morgen has become one of Strauss's most renowned and frequently recorded works. In fact, the composer himself recorded no fewer than three versions.
Und morgen wird die Sonne wieder scheinen
Und auf dem Wege, den ich gehen werde,
Wird uns, die Glücklichen, sie wieder einen
Inmitten dieser sonnenatmenden Erde ...
Und zu dem Strand, dem weiten, wogenblauen,
Werden wir still und langsam niedersteigen,
Stumm werden wir uns in die Augen schauen,
Und auf uns sinkt des Glückes stummes Schweigen ...
And tomorrow the sun will shine again
And on the path that I shall take,
It will unite us, happy ones, again,
Amid this same sun-breathing earth ...
And to the shore, broad, blue-waved,
We shall quietly and slowly descend,
Speechless we shall gaze into each other’s eyes,
And the speechless silence of bliss shall fall on us ...